Understory dynamics after disturbance accelerate succession from spruce to beech-dominated forest - The Siggaboda case study

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-147

  Bolte, Andreas ^a,b   Hilbrig, Lutz ^a   Grundmann, Britt Maria ^c   Roloff, Andreas ^c  

^a THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Canopy disturbance; Climate change; Drought; Fagus sylvatica; Interspecific competition; Picea abies; Storm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894488542     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0283-y     Document Type: Article

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